Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
September 10, 1814
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 74
Additional Source Text:
"Which was sunk by a chevauxdefrise about 7 miles above New York in the North River."
Notes:
During the American Revolution two rows of chevaux de frise were laid in the Hudson River to prevent the passage of British warships, but they were ineffective and abandoned in 1777 when replaced by chains and wooden booms. See Lincoln Diamant, Chaining the Hudson: The Fight for the River in the American Revolution (New York, 2004).
The only ship known to have been sunk by the chevaux de frise was the Diamond, and Irish ship on a voyage from Cork to Antigua and New York.
